The digging near Deutschneudorf, Germany at a site that is hoped to contain buried buried Nazi loot, including parts of the famed Amber Room, has stopped according to the Associated Press.

Up to the third day of drilling, which was yesterday, Feb. 28, eleven holes at two different locations had been dug. (See photos of the dig.) Currently, there has been no evidence of any Nazi treasure. And further, there are now expectations that the search could take weeks in the digging aspects alone.

Additional news flowed today indicating drilling at the site would be halted for two weeks to allow a team of geophysicists to take measurements in the area. The hope is that geophysicists can get the dig back on track to find what is hoped to be a Nazi man-made cavern filled with gold, artifacts and, better, parts of the Amber Room.

What is the Amber Room?

The Amber Room was built from 1701-1709 in Prussia and was beautifully created by German and Russian craftsmen with amber panels that were backed with gold leafs and mirrors. Its unsurpassed beauty was so great that it was sometimes called the “Eight Wonder of the World”.

But words really give it no justice. A reconstruction of the room does. The embedded video from Reuters gives a quick walk through of the reconstructed Amber Room, showing its greatness and really places everything in perspective. It also covers a brief history of the Amber Room.